Xia Li

33.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
754 papers, 20.1k citations indexed

About

Xia Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Li has authored 754 papers receiving a total of 20.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 516 papers in Molecular Biology, 248 papers in Cancer Research and 81 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Xia Li's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (165 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (125 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (98 papers). Xia Li is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (165 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (125 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (98 papers). Xia Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Xia Li's co-authors include Yun Xiao, Juan Xu, Yongsheng Li, Jing Bai, Peng Wang, Shangwei Ning, Wei Jiang, Liwen Xu, Yunpeng Zhang and Tingting Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Xia Li

694 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

CellMarker: a manually cu... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2018 2015 2018 2022 2018 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. CellMarker: a manually curated resource of cell markers in human and mouse
    2018 893 citations Yujia Lan, Jinyuan Xu et al. profile →
  2. Tet2 is required to resolve inflammation by recruiting Hdac2 to specifically repress IL-6
    2015 609 citations Xia Li et al. profile →
  3. CancerSEA: a cancer single-cell state atlas
    2018 597 citations Huating Yuan, Min Yan et al. profile →
  4. CellMarker 2.0: an updated database of manually curated cell markers in human/mouse and web tools based on scRNA-seq data
    2022 525 citations Jing Bai, Xia Li et al. profile →
  5. TIP: A Web Server for Resolving Tumor Immunophenotype Profiling
    2018 476 citations Liwen Xu, Chunyu Deng et al. Cancer Research profile →
  6. Pan-cancer characterization of immune-related lncRNAs identifies potential oncogenic biomarkers
    2020 305 citations Yongsheng Li, Junyi Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Xia Li 13.7k 8.0k 2.3k 2.0k 2.0k 754 20.1k
Xin Wang 9.0k 0.7× 4.5k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 547 14.8k
Yong Li 11.5k 0.8× 6.4k 0.8× 4.6k 2.0× 1.4k 0.7× 3.9k 1.9× 439 19.5k
Sean Davis 12.2k 0.9× 3.9k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 2.8k 1.4× 2.3k 1.1× 94 18.3k
Annika L. Gable 12.5k 0.9× 3.3k 0.4× 2.1k 0.9× 2.8k 1.4× 2.4k 1.2× 8 21.0k
Wan L. Lam 11.8k 0.9× 6.1k 0.8× 3.2k 1.4× 2.8k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 311 18.4k
Stefan Wyder 15.6k 1.1× 4.2k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 3.3k 1.6× 2.8k 1.4× 26 25.5k
Xiang Zhang 9.7k 0.7× 4.2k 0.5× 2.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 963 20.5k
Jian Xu 10.0k 0.7× 3.5k 0.4× 4.1k 1.8× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 215 17.3k
Tao Liu 10.1k 0.7× 5.0k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 502 16.2k
Yanyan Han 12.6k 0.9× 5.3k 0.7× 3.0k 1.3× 4.7k 2.3× 3.9k 1.9× 26 21.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xia Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xia Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xia Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xia Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xia Li. Xia Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhou, Hanxiao, Mei Lan, Qianyi Lu, et al.. (2025). ImmuProgML: machine learning-based dissection of cancer-immune dynamics during tumor progression to improve immunotherapy. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 826–826.
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Guo, Cuilian, Zhichao Wang, Feifan Liu, et al.. (2024). Granzyme K+CD8+ T cells interact with fibroblasts to promote neutrophilic inflammation in nasal polyps. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10413–10413. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Xia, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the roles of jet streams on the unprecedented hot July in Western Europe in 2022. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ye, Wenle, Xin Huang, Jiansong Huang, et al.. (2023). Glutamate dehydrogenase 1: A novel metabolic target in inhibiting acute myeloid leukaemia progression. British Journal of Haematology. 202(3). 566–577. 10 indexed citations
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Ji, Ailing, Jie Yang, Ruifang Gao, et al.. (2023). Mutant p53 and ELK1 co‐drive FRA‐1 expression to induce metastasis in breast cancer. FEBS Letters. 597(24). 3087–3101. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Kang, Xiyun Jin, Junyi Li, et al.. (2020). LncSpA: LncRNA Spatial Atlas of Expression across Normal and Cancer Tissues. Cancer Research. 80(10). 2067–2071. 42 indexed citations
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Xu, Liwen, Chunyu Deng, Bo Pang, et al.. (2018). TIP: A Web Server for Resolving Tumor Immunophenotype Profiling. Cancer Research. 78(23). 6575–6580. 476 indexed citations breakdown →
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Faivre, Emily J., Denise Wilcox, Xia Li, et al.. (2016). Exploitation of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Transcription Factor Dependencies by the Novel BET Inhibitor ABBV-075. Molecular Cancer Research. 15(1). 35–44. 53 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, Jing Li, Hongying Zhao, et al.. (2016). Identifying the crosstalk of dysfunctional pathways mediated by lncRNAs in breast cancer subtypes. Molecular BioSystems. 12(3). 711–720. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Xia, Shu Yang, Delong Meng, et al.. (2014). Identification of miR-133b and RB1CC1 as Independent Predictors for Biochemical Recurrence and Potential Therapeutic Targets for Prostate Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(9). 2312–2325. 60 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tingting, Jinyuan Xu, Jing Bai, et al.. (2014). Identification of cancer-related lncRNAs through integrating genome, regulome and transcriptome features. Molecular BioSystems. 11(1). 126–136. 88 indexed citations
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Wan, Li, Lina Chen, Xia Li, et al.. (2013). Cancer-related marketing centrality motifs acting as pivot units in the human signaling network and mediating cross-talk between biological pathways. Molecular BioSystems. 9(12). 3026–3035. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Qianghu Wang, Shangwei Ning, et al.. (2011). A novel method to quantify gene set functional association based on gene ontology. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(70). 1063–1072. 36 indexed citations
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Xu, Juan, Chuanxing Li, Yun Xiao, et al.. (2011). Prioritizing Candidate Disease miRNAs by Topological Features in the miRNA Target–Dysregulated Network: Case Study of Prostate Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 10(10). 1857–1866. 201 indexed citations
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Feng, Xueping, Hong Yi, Maoyu Li, et al.. (2010). Identification of Biomarkers for Predicting Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Response to Radiotherapy by Proteomics. Cancer Research. 70(9). 3450–3462. 153 indexed citations
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Li, Xia, Navdeep S. Chandel, Xiaoli Huang, et al.. (2008). A chemical genomics screen highlights the essential role of mitochondria in HIF-1 regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(1). 174–179. 85 indexed citations

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